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with a veranda facing the course. The club sold an additional 200 memberships for $ 25 each. By 1921, Wing Park was so successful that Elgin had to ban non-residents from playing the course on weekends. Non-residents still flocked to the field, prompting Elgin in the mid-1920s to impose a fifty cent
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William H. Wing, a descendent of the Wing family who moved to Elgin in 1846. Wing was a successful attorney and donated 121.5 acres (49.2 ha) of this estate to Elgin for use as a public park in 1902. The park officially opened to the public on August 2, 1903, and was
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Bendelow, who staked the Wing Park course in only one day, and the course was built in two months at a cost of $ 1,250. The course was simple, but was primarily
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Condensed Milk factories dramatically increased the local population by providing jobs. Decreasing work hours at the turn of the century resulted in more recreational time for employees. The first golf course in Elgin was the nine-hole Elgin
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